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This paper focuses on the audiovisual productions of Gulumapu Mapuche (the Mapuche territory located in Chile), developed since the late twentieth century in the context of indigenous processes of socioterritorial resistance and struggle emerged in Chile during the period of postdictatorial transition; in relation to a wider context of socio-environmental conflicts, due to the advancement of extractive economic model in the region. Through tools of documentary film theory and cinema aesthetics, a general description of these film works is displayed, identifying the predominant mode of representation and the discourses interweaving these processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The primary focus of this research is on an analysis of legislation and public policy regarding community media in Bolivia and Venezuela. The purpose is to understand the differences and similarities between the two regulatory frameworks, to identify the policies that have been implemented each country to comply with current legislation, to discover the more relevant results of those policies, to know the rights and duties implied in being dubbed as community media in each of these countries, and to identify legal provisions that can trigger spurious results in relation to government intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]